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Method of producing a turbine rotor
Assignee: NGK Insulators Ltd
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Filing: 1988-05-10
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Granted: 1989-08-08
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Expires: 2008-05-10
Abstract
Abstract A method of producing turbine rotor having a including vane wheel made of ceramics, a ceramic shaft formed integrally with the turbine wheel, and a metallic shaft bonded to the ceramic shaft. The hardness of a part of or the whole part of a compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion of the metallic shaft is made smaller than that of a portion of metallic shaft apart from the compressor wheel-fitting shaft, said portion being located on the turbine vane wheel side. Thereby, slackening between the compressor wheel and the fitting shaft is avoided.
Inventors
- 👤 Isao Oda
- 👤 Nobuo Tsuno
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 06:04
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16D; F16D1/00; F16D1/06; C; C04; C04B; C04B37/00; C04B37/02; C04B37/021; C04B37/023; C04B37/026; C21; C21D; C21D9/00; C21D9/28; F01; F01D; F01D5/00; F01D5/02; F01D5/025; F16B; F16B4/00; C04B2235/00; C04B2235/65; C04B2235/658; C04B2235/6582; C04B2237/00; C04B2237/02; C04B2237/12; C04B2237/30; C04B2237/32; C04B2237/36; C04B2237/368; C04B2237/40; C04B2237/405; C04B2237/406; C04B2237/50; C04B2237/76; C04B2237/84; F16B2200/00; F16B2200/85; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49316; Y10T29/4932; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49863; Y10T29/49865; Y10T29/4998
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor comprising a turbine vane wheel made of ceramics, a ceramic shaft formed integrally with the vane wheel and a metallic shaft bonded to the ceramic shaft, said method comprising making a part of or the whole part of the metallic shaft from a precipitation hardenable type alloy, bonding the metallic shaft to the ceramic shaft, hardening the part of the metallic shaft made of the precipitation hardenable type alloy through precipitation hardening treatment, softening the part of or the whole part of the compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion of the metallic shaft through heating again at a solution treating temperature, wherein the hardness of a part of or the whole part of the compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion is made smaller than that of the metallic shaft located on the turbine vane wheel side apart from said part of the compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
149 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor comprising a turbine vane wheel made of ceramics, a ceramic shaft formed integrally with the vane wheel and a metallic shaft bonded to the ceramic shaft, said method comprising making a part of or the whole part of the metallic shaft from a precipitation hardenable type alloy, bonding the metallic shaft to the ceramic shaft, hardening the part of the metallic shaft made of the precipitation hardenable type alloy through precipitation hardening treatment, softening the part of or the whole part of the compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion of the metallic shaft through heating again at a solution treating temperature, wherein the hardness of a part of or the whole part of the compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion is made smaller than that of the metallic shaft located on the turbine vane wheel side apart from said part of the compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor according to claim 1, wherein the bonding between the metallic shaft and the ceramic shaft is made through interference fitting between a depression formed in the metallic shaft and a projection formed in the ceramic shaft.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
61 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor according to claim 1, wherein the bonding between the metallic shaft and the ceramic shaft is made through fitting a projection formed in the ceramic shaft and having a diameter larger than the inner diameter of a depression formed in the metallic shaft by from 0.1% to 10% of the latter into the depression.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method of producing turbine rotor according to claim 1, wherein the bonding between the metallic shaft and the ceramic shaft is carried out through brazing.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
98 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor comprising a turbine vane wheel made of ceramics, a ceramic shaft formed integrally with the vane wheel and a metallic shaft bonded to the ceramic shaft, said method comprising bonding the metallic shaft to the ceramic shaft, subjecting a portion of the metallic shaft located on a turbine wheel side apart from a compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion to a hardening treatment selected from a group consisting of high frequency induction hardening and ion nitriding, whereby the hardness of said portion is made larger than that of the compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
98 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor comprising a turbine vane wheel made of ceramics, a ceramic shaft formed integrally with the vane wheel and a metallic shaft bonded to the ceramic shaft, said method comprising bonding the metallic shaft to the ceramic shaft, subjecting a portion of the metallic shaft located on a turbine wheel side apart from a compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion to a hardening treatment selected from a group consisting of high frequency induction hardening and ion nitriding, whereby the hardness of said portion is made larger than that of the compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor comprising a turbine vane wheel made of ceramics, a ceramic shaft formed integrally with the vane wheel and a metallic shaft bonded to the ceramic shaft, said method comprising subjecting a part of or the whole part of the metallic shaft located on a turbine vane wheel side from a compressor wheel fitting-shaft portion to a hardening treatment selected from a group consisting of high frequency induction hardening and ion nitriding, whereby the hardness of said part is made larger than that of the compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion, and then bonding the ceramic shaft to the metallic shaft.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor comprising a turbine vane wheel made of ceramics, a ceramic shaft formed integrally with the vane wheel and a metallic shaft bonded to the ceramic shaft, said method comprising subjecting a part of or the whole part of the metallic shaft located on a turbine vane wheel side from a compressor wheel fitting-shaft portion to a hardening treatment selected from a group consisting of high frequency induction hardening and ion nitriding, whereby the hardness of said part is made larger than that of the compressor wheel-fitting shaft portion, and then bonding the ceramic shaft to the metallic shaft.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor according to claim 6, wherein only a bearing-contact portion of the metallic shaft is hardened.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor according to claim 6, wherein the bonding between the metallic shaft and the ceramic shaft is made through interference fitting between a depression formed in the metallic shaft and a projection formed in the ceramic shaft.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
61 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor according to claim 6, wherein the bonding between the metallic shaft and the ceramic shaft is made through fitting a projection formed in the ceramic shaft and having a diameter larger than the inner diameter of a depression formed in the metallic shaft by from 0.1% to 10% of the latter into the depression.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method of producing a turbine rotor according to claim 9, wherein the fitting is carried out through press fitting at a temperature more than a use temperature to which the fitting portion is subjected during used.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method of producing turbine rotor according to claim 6, wherein the bonding between the metallic shaft and the ceramic shaft is carried out through brazing.
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